Cenuco, Inc. Acquires a Series of Brands from Playtex Products, Inc.
November 16 2005 - 4:12PM
Business Wire
Cenuco, Inc. (AMEX:ICU) today announced that it has acquired a
series of brands from Playtex Products, Inc., (NYSE:PYX). The
brands acquired include Baby Magic(R), Ogilvie(R), Tussy(R),
Binaca(R), Mr. Bubble(R), Tek, Dentax(R), Chubs(R), Dorothy
Gray(R), and Better Off(R). Cenuco plans to integrate the acquired
brands into its Lander health and beauty care division. The
purchase price for the brand assets is $57 million, subject to
certain adjustments. Financing for the acquisition has been
provided by institutional investors, including Highgate House
Funds. Joseph A. Falsetti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Cenuco, stated: "The acquisition of these brands from Playtex is an
exceptional opportunity for our company to leverage its current
infrastructure to create substantial operational efficiencies and
build on our strategy of expanding in the premium value category.
We are looking forward to working with our financing partners to
continue to strengthen our unique positioning and accelerate
customer value creation in our targeted segments of the market.
This acquisition is expected to create attractive strategic and
financial synergies as we continue to grow our business. This
acquisition will be immediately accretive." The Hermes Group LLC
served as the financial advisor to Cenuco in connection with the
asset acquisition and The Stanford Group advised Cenuco on the
financing. About Cenuco Cenuco, through its Lander health and
beauty care division, is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor
the LANDER and LANDER essentials brands of health and beauty care
products. Lander also produces private label brands for a limited
number of top retailers through its Canadian facility. Lander is a
leader in the growing marketplace for value health and beauty care
(HBC) products - sold in dollar store and value focused retailers
such as Wal-Mart and Kmart. LANDER essentials is the Company's
rapidly growing line of premium value bath and body products. The
Lander brand is recognized as the largest specialty bath brand as
reported in 2004 by Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), a global
provider of market content and business performance management
within consumer goods and retail industries. The company is
headquartered in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The company operates
two manufacturing and distribution facilities, one in Binghamton,
New York and the other in Toronto, Canada. Visit
http://www.lander-hba.com for additional information. Visit
http://www.cenuco.com for additional information. Certain
statements contained herein may constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933, 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934 and/or the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include,
without limitation, statements regarding business plans, future
regulatory environment and approval and, the Company's ability to
comply with the rules and policies of independent regulatory
agencies. Although the Company believes the statements contained
herein to be accurate as of the date they were made, it can give no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
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